The last SimCity game was SimCity Social but technically that does not count as a SimCity game so the last SimCity game was 2009's poorly received Sim City Creator. That was nearly four years ago and now Electronic Arts is trying to reboot a dying franchise. But a major brick wall stands in the way.
Server Issues.
SimCity's average userscore on Metacritic is a 1.7 out of 10. Never mind critics have given SimCity 9's and 10's and saying that it is the most fun they have had with a simulation game in years. It's just that more than 50% of people are not going to be able to play it because of server issues. SimCity is a fantastic juggernaut. Just buy it in a month when all the servers are OK.
Overall only get this game if you want to. Please wait.
SimCity is rated E10+.
